Planning application
Strategic Growth Site North Of Woodhouse Lane Broomfield Chelmsford Essex
Works: New dwelling Major scheme
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Application for reserved matters relating to 20/02064/OUT (Outline application for residential development for up to 512 dwellings including affordable housing and custom build homes (Use Class C3), Local Centre (Use Classes E, F.1 and F.2), formal and informal open space, and associated infrastructure. All matters reserved except for primary access) for all matters (appearance, landscaping, layout, and scale) related to the primary access road.
As published by the council, reference 26/00164/REM
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00164/REM
- Category
- Reserved matters
- Status
- Application Permitted
- Received
- 3 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 3 Feb 2026
Site history
Applications at this address on the Chelmsford register
This site has had 5 applications since 2020: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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20/02064/DOC/2 Awaiting decision
Strategic Growth Site North Of Woodhouse Lane Broomfield Chelmsford Essex
Condition 16 - Custom Build Design Code
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26/00578/REM Awaiting decision
Strategic Growth Site North Of Woodhouse Lane Broomfield Chelmsford Essex
Reserved Matters relating to Access, Scale, Layout, Appearance and Landscaping pursuant to Planning Condition 1 of 20/02064/OUT for 260 homes including affordable housing and custom build homes (Use Class C3), open space and infrastructure.
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20/02064/DOC/1 Awaiting decision
Strategic Growth Site North Of Woodhouse Lane Broomfield Chelmsford Essex
Condition 5 - Phasing Plan
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20/00001/MAS Granted
Strategic Growth Site North Of Woodhouse Lane Broomfield Chelmsford Essex
Masterplan for around 450 new homes, neighbourhood centre, early years and childcare facility, local open space and associated access and highway infrastructure including a new access into Broomfield Hospital
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Feb 2026
Received by Chelmsford
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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21 Sep 2026
Status changed to Pending Decision
Previously Pending Consideration.
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9 Oct 2026
Status changed to Application Permitted
Previously Pending Decision.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 20/00001/MAS (Application Permitted)
- Application: 20/02064/DOC/1 (Pending Consideration)
- Application: 20/02064/DOC/2 (Pending Consideration)
- Application: 20/02064/OUT (Application Permitted)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
51 documents on file for this application
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About reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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